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    Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Smaller, quieter crowd gathers for Supreme Court DOMA arguments

    WASHINGTON — Television crews flipped on spotlights and pro-gay marriage activists erected a speaker’s podium in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning as the nine justices prepared to hear a second day of arguments about whether...

    Tags: Social Issues, Defense of Marriage Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Family

    2. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Tensions escalate in Egypt with arrest orders for activists

    CAIRO -- The Islamist-led government escalated tensions with opposition parties Monday after Egypt’s prosecutor general ordered the arrest of five activists, including a prominent blogger, for violent protests against the Muslim Brotherhood over the weekend.
    CAIRO -- The Islamist-led government escalated tensions with opposition parties Monday after Egypt’s prosecutor general ordered the arrest of five activists, including a prominent blogger, for violent protests against the Muslim Brotherhood over the...

    Tags: Police Arrests, Lawyers, Egypt, Religion and Belief, Islam

    3. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Police battle same-sex marriage foes in Paris

    PARIS — French riot police battled Sunday with anti-gay marriage protesters who forced their way onto the world famous Champs Élysées.
    PARIS — French riot police battled Sunday with anti-gay marriage protesters who forced their way onto the world famous Champs Élysées. The demonstration was a last-ditch attempt to stop a bill backed by France's Socialist government that will...

    Tags: Social Issues, Central African Republic, Family, Politics, France

    4. Mar 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Getting kids to school — alive

    Do punks and gangs run Chicago's schools?
    Do punks and gangs run Chicago's schools? You'd get that idea listening to parents and activists protesting the closings of 61 school buildings by Chicago Public Schools. The schools should remain open, protesters say, because kids will be caught in the...

    Tags: CBS Corp., Education, Elementary Schools, Politics, Chicago Teachers Union

    5. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. YouTube video of horse slaughter inflames debate over horse meat

    For activists, the video is not only an animal execution on tape, it’s a public challenge. The clip, posted on YouTube, shows an employee of a southeastern New Mexico slaughterhouse — a business that is seeking federal approval to...

    Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Shootings, IKEA

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Obama brokers Israeli apology for Turkish activists' deaths

    JERUSALEM – Spurred by President Obama as he concluded his three-day visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally apologized to Turkey over the 2010 killing by Israeli soldiers of nine Turkish activists aboard a Gaza Strip-bound protest ship, U.S. and Israeli officials said Friday.
    JERUSALEM – Spurred by President Obama as he concluded his three-day visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally apologized to Turkey over the 2010 killing by Israeli soldiers of nine Turkish activists aboard a Gaza Strip-bound...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Government, Politics

    7. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The Catholic Church and Argentina

    Very few Argentines were on hand for the proceedings, for the white smoke followed by the traditional proclamation, Habemus papam — "We have a pope." But on the other side of the world, the people of Buenos Aires erupted with jubilation when they learned that the new pontiff, Pope Francis, was Argentine.
    Very few Argentines were on hand for the proceedings, for the white smoke followed by the traditional proclamation, Habemus papam — "We have a pope." But on the other side of the world, the people of Buenos Aires erupted with jubilation when they...

    Tags: BBC, Justice and Rights, Government, The Washington Post, Elections

    8. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Mixed greens in Annapolis

    The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis wrapped up at midnight Monday to mixed reviews among environmental advocates, who hailed the passage of a bill promoting offshore wind development but had little else to celebrate.
    The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis wrapped up at midnight Monday to mixed reviews among environmental advocates, who hailed the passage of a bill promoting offshore wind development but had little else to celebrate. Gov. Martin O'Malley, who...

    Tags: Annapolis, Conservation, Politics, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

    9. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Power of global arms treaty hinges on next steps, activists say

    A <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-un-treaty-arms-sales-20130402,0,730091.story" target="_blank">new United Nations pact</a> to regulate the global weapons trade was cheered by human rights and humanitarian groups, but its power will depend on how stringently it is followed.
    A new United Nations pact to regulate the global weapons trade was cheered by human rights and humanitarian groups, but its power will depend on how stringently it is followed. Like many international agreements, the arms trade treaty does not have a...

    Tags: Weaponry, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, United Nations, Justice and Rights

    10. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Syria: Intense shelling by government is reported in Aleppo

    BEIRUT – Residents of a Kurdish neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo fled Sunday under intense government shelling estimated at three shells per minute, activists said. The bombardment on the Sheikh Maqsood district came two days after...

    Tags: Government, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Free Syrian Army, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities

    11. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. King's Easter epistle on civil disobedience

    This year is the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s decision to violate an injunction forbidding him to pray, sing or march in public in Birmingham, Ala. On Good Friday 1963 (which fell on April 12 that year), King led a march from the 16th Street Baptist Church (where four black children would be killed in a bombing five months later), heading toward City Hall. He was almost immediately arrested, charged with violating a court order and taken to the Birmingham jail.
    This year is the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s decision to violate an injunction forbidding him to pray, sing or march in public in Birmingham, Ala. On Good Friday 1963 (which fell on April 12 that year), King led a march from...

    Tags: Easter, Laws, Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Crime, Law and Justice

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 20 dead in Scud missile attack in Syria, activists say

    BEIRUT -- At least 20 people were killed Friday by a blast in a northern Syrian town, according to opposition activists who said the attack was carried out using a Scud missile.
    BEIRUT -- At least 20 people were killed Friday by a blast in a northern Syrian town, according to opposition activists who said the attack was carried out using a Scud missile. The missile landed in a populated neighborhood of Hretaan, injuring 50...

    Tags: Weaponry, Pakistan, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Politics

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